The 80th Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign in 48 Prisons Across the Country
On Tuesday, August 5, 2025, the 80th week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign is being held at a time when, since last week, at least 30 prisoners, including two women, have been executed, and one execution has been carried out in public.
In this week’s statement, while condemning the “brutal attack on political prisoners in Ward 4 of Qezel Hesar Prison” and expressing concern over the unknown fate of several members of the campaign, it is emphasized:
“The purpose of the escalation of executions, amputation of hands, and the continuous and overt application of violence is nothing but instilling fear and terror to silence society—a society which, since the Constitutional Revolution, has thirsted for justice and freedom.”
The full text of the statement for the 80th week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign is as follows:
The 80th Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign in 48 Different Prisons
Commemorating the 119th Anniversary of the Constitutional Revolution
Full Support for the Political Prisoners of Ward 4, Qezel Hesar Prison
We begin the 80th week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign at a time when, since last week, at least 30 prisoners—including two women—have been executed, one execution has been carried out in public, and the cycle of violence and executions continues relentlessly.
In the past week, we also witnessed an utterly savage and inhumane act: the amputation of the fingers of three prisoners in Urmia Prison. Amnesty International, in a statement, strongly condemned this act and described the judiciary as a “cog in the machinery of torture.” The Special Rapporteur, Ms. Mai Sato, called it an “inhuman and degrading” act.
We begin the 80th week of the campaign while we still have no information about the fate of a number of campaign members in Ward 4 of Qezel Hesar Prison. On July 26, 2025, during a brutal raid by guards and security forces, they were severely beaten and transferred to solitary confinement in the secure section of Ward 3. Some of them were returned to the ward after five days, but the political ward remains completely locked down, with multiple cameras installed.
We have no information regarding the fate of five individuals: Loqman Aminpour, Hamzeh Savari, Reza Salmanzadeh, Sepehr Emamjomeh, and Mostafa Ramazani. Zartosht Ahmadi Ragheb has once again been transferred to the secure section. The condition of Saeed Masouri is extremely concerning; we only know that Zahedan Prison has refused to accept this campaign member, and he is currently being held in solitary confinement in the special unit of Ward 1 of Qezel Hesar Prison, in harsh conditions and in a state of limbo.
We, the members of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign, while condemning the brutal attack on prisoners and the abuse and torture inflicted upon them, salute the resistance and steadfastness of our gallant and unyielding comrades. We express our gratitude to all those who have reflected and continue to reflect on the pain and suffering of the prisoners.
We firmly believe that the purpose of escalating executions, repression, amputations, and the unceasing application of naked violence is nothing but to instill fear and terror and to silence society—a society which, since the Constitutional Revolution in 1906, has thirsted for justice and freedom, has insisted on human dignity and the right to self-determination, and has paid the price for it every day through imprisonment, execution, and torture.
We continue to call upon all awakened consciences and freedom seekers—both within the country and internationally—to make the cry of “No to Execution” louder than ever through active support of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign, and to place the expansion of this campaign—despite the efforts of the government and its overt and covert supporters—at the forefront of their efforts by all possible means.
Today, Tuesday, August 5, our comrades in the secure ward and special unit of Qezel Hesar Prison are on hunger strike along with 48 prisons that are part of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign.
The names of the prisons are as follows:
Qezel Hesar Prison (Wards 1, 3, and 4), Karaj Central Prison, Fardis Prison (Karaj), Greater Tehran Prison, Qarchak Prison, Khorin Varamin Prison, Choobin-Dar Qazvin Prison, Ahar Prison, Arak Prison, Khorramabad Prison, Yasuj Prison, Esfahan Asadabad Prison, Esfahan Dastgerd Prison, Ahvaz Sheyban Prison, Ahvaz Sepidar Prison (Women’s and Men’s Wards), Nezam Prison, Shiraz, Adelabad Prison, Shiraz (Women’s and Men’s Wards), Firouzabad Fars Prison, Zahedan Prison (Women’s Ward), Borazjan Prison, Ramhormoz Prison, Behbahan Prison, Bam Prison, Yazd Prison, Kahnuj Prison, Tabas Prison, Mashhad Prison, Gonbad-e Kavus Prison, Qaemshahr Prison, Rasht Prison (Men’s and Women’s Wards), Rudsar Prison, Haviq Talesh Prison, Ezbaram Lahijan Prison, Dizelabad Kermanshah Prison, Ardabil Prison, Tabriz Prison, Urmia Prison, Salmas Prison, Khoy Prison, Naqadeh Prison, Miandoab Prison, Mahabad Prison, Boukan Prison, Saqqez Prison, Baneh Prison, Marivan Prison, Sanandaj Prison, and Kamyaran Prison.
“No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign
Week 80 – August 5, 2025
